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Quiz of the week

1)When Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published in the US, how was the title changed?
2) Shropshire’s Iron Bridge spans which river?
3) In music, what does the term diminuendo mean?
4) What colour are kingfishers’ legs?
5) Which British utilitarian philosopher from the Georgian era asked to have his body preserved after death?

Word of the week

Horrisonant (adjective) Sounding horribly; of terrible sound

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE August 4, 1923

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